Barack Obama's hopes of a smooth start to his first presidential trip to Israel suffered a hitch on Wednesday when his armoured limousine broke down after a driver reportedly filled it with diesel instead of petrol.

The hulking vehicle, nicknamed "the Beast" for its supposed robustness in the face of potential attacks, juddered to a halt on the motorway between Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and Jerusalem after its engine apparently proved incapable of absorbing the alien fuel intake.

Israeli media outlets, including the flagship Channel 2 television station, reported that the car had been filled with diesel.

The sleek black limo had been flown in specially from the US for Mr Obama's visit.

Fortunately for the president, the breakdown happened two hours before his plane, Air Force One, touched down on Israeli soil, sparing him the embarrassment of a possible incident after his arrival in the Holy Land.

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"They told me that this was Obama's car," he told The Daily Telegraph.

"They didn't say what had happened to it. They just said it had got stuck. Only the mechanic was there when I arrived. The driver had left in another car. The whole thing was very funny."

Barack Obama's hopes of a smooth start to his first presidential trip to Israel suffered a hitch on Wednesday when his armoured limousine broke down after a driver reportedly filled it with diesel instead of petrol.

Well, no wonder he hates fossil fuel vehicles!!

And, I'm guessing his driver is either a Republican "plant", or an Israeli who doesn't care for our muslim-loving FRAUDUS. Either way, there's a political statement in this.

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posted on 03/20/2013 8:51:22 AM PDT
by DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)

Correct. Unauthorized people shouldn’t get within a mile of that rig, and to think that someone fueled it wrong is laughable. The Secret Service must hate this kind of assignment - what a security nightmare...

"TEL AVIV  The White House has released what it says is a map of Israel. The only problem is that Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights are missing. An Obama administration video highlighting the presidents plans for his Mideast trip depicts Jerusalem, the Golan and the West Bank  also known as Judea and Samaria  as non-Israeli territory."

Think of the cost of sending over the 2nd one.......while the WH is closed to visitors and Easter egg roll might be cancelled due to the nasty ole "GOP sequestration". Wake up Republicans you are still being played like a fiddle.

This happened to my husband in Scotland once in a rental car back in the '70s. He filled it with kerosene (sold at the same pump) instead of gas. It was very difficult to get it into the car because of the different sized nozzles. Rental car company had to rescue him with another car.

oboma was as paranoid has helI. I watched his speech with Shimon Peres today. oboma looked really, really weird. His smile was so faked, even my daughter noticed it. He was not "cool" at all. It looked like he was sweating. He looked like he couldn't wait to get out of there - seriously. He was freaking out, but trying his best to look "calm." I believe he was fearing for his life. The Jews know oboma is building a muslim caliphate to surround them in the ME. He's spending billions of U.S. dollars on it.

I think oboma was so paranoid, he may have simply switched cars. He was afraid to stay in the same vehicle. I'll bet he didn't eat a bite while he was there, either. I wouldn't be surprised to hear later that he peed his pants while he was standing on the stage.

ALL - If anyone has the time to catch a video of the speech, I suggest it be watched. Oboma looks very, very odd.

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